Uphill Marina, Weston-Super-Mare, Watercolour, 15" x 11"
A third painting of this lovely location on the River Axe. I must get down there when the tide is in. I think I got the values better on this one with the distant hills and stronger values in the foreground. Might have been nice to add in a few more posts to help the composition.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Here's my latest video up on my channel, this time a test-drive of a nano mister. This is a very fine spray used for eye lash extensions, but being very fine, I wanted to give it a try with watercolor and keeping the paper damp. Subject was yachts at low tide in Ilfracombe, Devon UK.
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Here is my effort from last night - my fairly regular online paint-along experience. I had selected this Riomaggiore scene to paint - it had a good composition to start with and was a good exercise in different watercolour techniques, painting figures, perspective and painting all those little boats.
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Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Uphill Marina, UK, 15" x 11"
A second painting of the River Axe at low tide as it winds its way around and into the Bristol Channel. More boats appearing 'stranded' high up on the river banks. Quite a reddish tinge to the mud here making it quite attractive to paint and a bit of warmth against the cools.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was Virtute et Industria (virtue or valour and industry) - the motto for the city of Bristol in the UK. So we have 2 hours to produce a painting based on that topic without the use of any reference material (so no cheating looking up on the web). I created a scene of working fishing boats.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Uphill, Somerset, Watercolour 15" x 11"
A painting based on a photo taken on a summer plein air trip to Uphill near Weston-Super-Mare. It's the River Axe as it meanders into the Bristol Channel and there's quite a few boats which at low tide look as if they have suffered from some flooding catastrophe and have been pushed inland from their moorings. Lovely muddy banks of the river and quite a reddy brown in colour.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Cadeques, Spain, Watercolour 15" x 11"
One of many small coves around the bay at Cadeques. I think the trick with painting small boats like this, is not to make them look too perfect as in the tops of the hulls as a smooth or hard edge. Break it up a little and add in some imperfections. Let a row of boats like this blend in with each other. I also use a few dry brush strokes for details like markings, old paint work and rigging details.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.
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Watercolour, 15" x 11"
Wednesday night at my art club, the Bristol Savages, and topic for the night was a quote by John Ruskin - "There is no wealth but life". So you have 2 hours to come up with a painting, without using any resource material - and sorry, no looking up google images! So I equated wealth=life and came up with a tropical scene and some expensive boats....
John Ruskin was a leading English art critic of the Victorian era, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He also painted in watercolours!!
Full quote from him - “There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.”
Painted on Saunders Waterford, cold press, 300 gms
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St Ives, watercolour, 15" x 11"
A demonstration painting where I took a scene and deconstructed it to suit a basic composition. So a bit of a practice of a graded wash - and yes the sea is that blue sometimes. And a practice of painting around objects plus reflections. Done in about 30 minutes with commentary along the way to my group.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Here is my latest video up on YouTube, featuring a really dull day in La Spezia, Italy. It also shows a plein air painting I did at the scene. Thanks for watching! Painted on Saunders.
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